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1. Family Relatives: Prologue: Pieces of the Past


"Even in a faintest of memory that has been locked away long ago, can be surface with the right key word, place or environment." –Dragon's Clan


Italics - Past people talking, thoughts

Normal - Just normal talking. :D


Ice blue eyes opened as they surveyed the surroundings, the room looked traditional yet modern Japan. Though Lightning Farron had no logic or recollection of where she is, the room felt warm and familiar to her. In a way, it was odd.

"Natsumi-neechan!" Lightning froze, and looked behind her to see a little pink haired girl, wearing a blue sundress. Obviously the little girl didn't noticed her or heard her as she went through Lightning, like she was made out of air and towards a preteen red hair donned in a sky blue battle gear shirt, combined with a belt with pockets, and black cargo pants. The red hair preteen with green eyes, now dubbed Natsumi, looked at the pink hair girl with amusement.

"Yes? What is it Lightning-chan?" The preteen asked when she looks at the younger version of Lightning.

"When can you play with me?"

"Soon after I take a nap." Natsumi smiles tiredly towards the chibi-version of Lightning, while the adult version of Lightning took note that Natsumi's voice is wavering because of tiredness, but there was also content and relief.

"Why? What happen?" The little Lightning pouted, Natsumi chuckled because of the cuteness.

"Just the fact that two of my team mates are dunderheads and wouldn't listen to me, because I'm from the main family of the Tenki Clan, or rather that's what my sensei has told me." As Natsumi took off her shoes, and head towards her bedroom, the chibi version of Lightning followed Natsumi like a lost puppy, while the adult version of Lightning followed her younger version, just in case.

The room was dimmed, but comforting as Natsumi flopped down on the bed. The younger version of Lightning soon followed Natsumi and lying close to her body. The adult version of Lightning stood at the door way, leaning against it and taking a look at the scene in front of her.

"Natsumi-neechan?"

"Hmm?"

"You're the best cousin I ever had." A smile grew back on Natsumi's lips and she turned over to face Lightning, green eyes looked at the child gently.

"What about Shiyone-neechan? She is also your cousin as well." Natsumi asked with amusement, but the child version of Lightning pouted.

"She's rarely at home, always busy. But you have time since you are a genin." Natsumi smiled before patting on Lightning's head childishly, the adult version of the child watched from afar with a content face.

"Yes she is busy, because she wants to protect us from any harm, just like her friend, Itachi-san."

"So does this mean she is a hero of somewhat?" That smile on Natsumi turned into a sad smile, with some tears coming from the corners of her eyes.

"I…I wouldn't call Shiyone-nee a hero, I would say she is a dark hero that's for sure." The adult Lightning tensed a bit at seeing the all familiar haunted glint in Natsumi's eyes. Why? What did Natsumi see or been told at a very young age?

"Why's that Natsumi-neechan?" The questioned was unanswered to the little girl, but she can feel arms around her, pulling her close to Natsumi.

"Maybe, when you're older I'll tell you." Natsumi whispered into Lightning's ear, before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep. As the adult Lightning was about to go, she could see her younger self was fast asleep with a smile on the face. Darkness soon whipped away the scene and put her into a nightmare filled horror. Bodies were slew across the floor, mixed of blood and poison. Holes appear through the houses, craters where everywhere.

"Let go of her!" A preteen Natsumi, slightly older than the one she saw the last time, has black wings grew behind her back and glared at the kidnapper that hold the little Lightning captive with angry red eyes instead of the normal green. Natsumi sustained injuries on her body that are from the kidnappers and herself, one was the bleeding on her side, a large angry gash on her arm, and blood dripping at the edge of her mouth, all the way to her chin.

"As if, this child would do nicely for my collection, and also my one way ticket out of here, besides my associate is getting the other one." The kidnapper said before, while the adult Lightning growled and reached the sword behind her, before reminded herself this is part of her memory.

"Hey boss, I found the both of them." Another male came into the room, carrying a little girl in the bundle. Both Lightning and Natsumi froze in horror at the recognition of the little girl the kidnapper's accomplice is holding.

"Then we are leaving right now, say goodbye to both of them little girl."

"Lightning! Serah!" Natsumi shouted in panic, trying and quickly fly towards the children to bring them back before they stepped into the portal.

"Natsumi-neechan!" Lightning shot out of the bed with a loud gasp, before putting a hand towards her head. Rays of light danced through the curtains in the room, it was morning already but she still remembered bits of her memories from the dream. The room she is in, was large and spacey, it was filled with drawers, cabinets, and a desk. There was a closet where she kept most of the battle gear, while the bed she is sitting on is most likely a queen sized bed, the room was painted in green color while the curtains were white.

She somehow wandered if she can find out if this Natsumi or Shiyone is still alive, out there somewhere. She sighed, it is most possible that those thoughts before were wistful thinking, and possibly those people were dead. That's when Lightning lied back down in dead faint, its not likely that there would be attacks towards the Prince since he is also sleeping in the next room due to the mass amount of paperwork. Maybe if she were to get few more minutes of sleep and investigate further into that dream, she'll be able to find more memories of her past, before discovering that her parents and the kidnappers were dead. Her parents were traveling with their family, happened to stumble upon them and the kidnappers. While their mother took them away into the safe distance, their father and uncle, as Lightning concluded, killed them.

That's when Serah had the courtesy to wake her up, unceremoniously by swinging the door widely open and jumping on to the bed. Maybe not…Lightning thought dryly before smiling at her younger sister.

"Yes, Serah?"

"I watched the news today and it showed that the Second Yellow Flash and Angel are married!" Angel…somehow that name sounded familiar to her before she groaned and muffled it using the pillow. She turned towards Serah with a hint of annoyance.

"And this should interest me because?" Serah ignored the face she got from Lightning, and continued to answer her question.

"Because its Namikaze Naruto and Tenki Natsumi are the people that are getting married." Lightning's eyes flashed open before sitting up and looked at Serah with shock.

"What?" She asked numbly, while Serah didn't notice the shock face on Lightning, she smiled and repeated what she said before.

"Namikaze Naruto and Tenki Natsumi are the people that are getting married, they are quite famous." A survivor! Hope bubbled inside of Lightning before she crushed it down. It could be another person with the same name, but…just in case. She got up and changed into her battle gear before going to find them. With a sudden burst of determination, she'll definitely hunt down and find them, her remaining family members.


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